Carmen Medina Carmen Medina View Articles Former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence Carmen Medina is a former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. A 32-year veteran of the Intelligence Community, she ...

During her 20-year CIA career, Kristin Wood served in the Director’s area and three Agency directorates – analysis, operations, and digital innovation – leading a wide variety of the Agency’s missions ...

Ali Soufan Ali Soufan Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent Ali Soufan is a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent who investigated and supervised highly sensitive and complex international terrorism ...

David R. Shedd served in the U.S. government for nearly 33 years. In August 2014, he was named Acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency following four years of service as Deputy Director.

Ambassador James S. Gilmore III was the 68th Governor of Virginia from 1998 to 2002. He chaired the Republican National ...

A former U.S. ambassador to the OSCE during the first Trump administration says Ukraine must be victorious against Russia.

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President Donald Trump has considering meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about ending Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Admiral Winnefeld served for 37 years in the United States Navy. He retired in 2015 after serving four years as the ninth Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As a flag officer, he commanded ...

Admiral Stavridis (Ret.) was the 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and 12th Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he earned a PhD in international affairs. He ...

General Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general and the Co-Founder of McChrystal Group. He commanded the U.S. and International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) Afghanistan, which included ...